Month: October 2017

Hello everyone, and happy Monday! This week’s shop spotlight is an adorable reminder that a hot, comforting beverage is a delicious way to start the morning. In our house we love coffee and a good strong cafecito, but also tea, hot cider and during the holiday season even a lovely mug of German glühwein during the cold months (try this recipe from Happy Kitchen. Rocks to make your own!) This sweet mug is a favorite for us, and always makes the morning a little more cheerful. We’ll be adding more mugs soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out our “cafecito” mug here. Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Happy Friday everyone! We hope that you’ve all had a great week! Halloween is almost here (so hard to believe how fast the time flies!) and our vocabulary word of the week is one that fits perfectly with the Halloween theme. Our new word is “Spider” in English, and “araña” in Spanish. We know that a lot of people don’t like spiders, but our spider is very friendly, in addition to being very stylish! We hope that wherever you are, that you enjoy your weekend and have a very Happy Halloween! Happy studying everyone!

Hello everyone! Hope you’ve all had a great week! This Friday’s flashcard is for something we’ve been seeing a lot of since fall began here– a pumpkin, or “citrouille” in French. Seeing all of the beautiful orange pumpkins is one reason that we love fall as much as we do. Here’s to hoping that you’re enjoying your own beautiful season wherever you are. Until next week!

Hello everyone! As a Cuban- American mom living in Germany, I’m always thinking about ways to use Spanish to teach new words and ideas in fun ways. With little babies and toddlers it’s very difficult to plan anything long or in-depth, so I find that a simple game a day to reinforce concepts is really helpful! Recently we’ve been teaching the concept of “inside, outside, dentro and fuera,” as well as shapes, colors and numbers with the use of blocks and cubes. We practice taking the shapes in and out of the different cubes, using the pictures of the shapes below as a guide. Of course there are many more shapes and colors you can use, but I find that we don’t usually get much further than a few iterations with the different shapes. But that’s perfectly fine! Practicing languages while building important skills is a great way to teach your child (and sometimes yourself!) something new. What are some of the ways that you teach languages and learn languages in your own daily life? Let us know more about it, we love to hear your thoughts and ideas. Wherever you are, we hope that you’re enjoying your week and finding a little time for learning something new. Until next time!

Hello everyone, hope that you’ve all had a lovely week! Today we’re celebrating a day that we think is particularly special…National Train Your Brain Day! What a great holiday! We think it’s genius! We like to keep our brains working hard by studying foreign languages and making flashcards, but there are lots of ways you can keep your mind sharp. Solving puzzles, writing, reading, working on your favorite hobby or pastime, building something, these are all great ways to keep your mind active! In honor of the day, we decided to make a flashcard celebrating that all-important brain, or “cerebro,” in Spanish. Here’s to hoping that wherever you are, you’re enjoying building that brain power. Have a wonderful weekend!

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Here at Winter in Olympus we love holidays, and today’s an especially fun one. So get out your tea set and top hat, it’s Mad Hatter Day! We love Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, and any holiday that gives us an excuse to drink tea from our favorite tea pot and make top hat related flashcards is alright with us. So grab your top hat, “sombrero de copa” in Spanish, and go celebrate Mad Hatter Day…enjoy the weekend everyone!